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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Texas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Architecture degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Texas.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,063 | 1319 | 0.206 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,474 | 1305 | 0.0927 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3600 | 93300 | 0.9613 | 4,561 | 1542 | 0.0456 | |
| 4 | Princeton University | 4200 | 83400 | 0.9496 | 5,916 | 1528 | 0.0442 | |
| 5 | University of Pennsylvania | 5300 | 93100 | 0.9435 | 9,989 | 1535 | 0.0492 | |
| 6 | Rice University | 5800 | 87400 | 0.9337 | 4,807 | 1528 | 0.0801 | |
| 7 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 6900 | 41500 | 0.8345 | 38,572 | 1455 | 0.3659 | |
| 8 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 7500 | 8800 | 0.1485 | 962 | 1214 | 0.3424 | |
| 9 | Washington University in St Louis | 7700 | 102300 | 0.9248 | 8,153 | 1512 | 0.1192 | |
| 10 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | University of Notre Dame | 8400 | 89100 | 0.9055 | 8,950 | 1497 | 0.0938 | |
| 12 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8600 | 98000 | 0.9125 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 8900 | 90900 | 0.9025 | 7,728 | 1528 | 0.1107 | |
| 14 | Middlebury College | 9000 | 94500 | 0.9048 | 2,640 | 1499 | 0.1277 | |
| 15 | Florida Atlantic University | 9500 | 26900 | 0.648 | 25,626 | 1150 | 0.5497 | |
| 16 | Portland State University | 10400 | 43300 | 0.7598 | 14,932 | 1174 | 0.8586 | |
| 17 | Cornell University | 10500 | 93700 | 0.8878 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 18 | Indiana State University | 10600 | 25900 | 0.5917 | 6,352 | 1015 | 0.9157 | |
| 19 | Wellesley College | 10800 | 95400 | 0.8864 | 2,366 | 1499 | 0.1479 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11200 | 36600 | 0.6936 | 27,963 | 1090 | 0.8395 | |
| 21 | San Jacinto Community College | 11300 | 14300 | 0.2097 | 33,215 | 1135 | 1 | |
| 22 | California State University-Fresno | 11500 | 54600 | 0.7886 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 23 | Brown University | 11900 | 94000 | 0.8733 | 7,951 | 1500 | 0.0634 | |
| 23 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 11900 | 46600 | 0.7446 | 1,511 | 1120 | 0.9202 | |
| 25 | University of Illinois Chicago | 12100 | 30200 | 0.6002 | 24,260 | 1174 | 0.7576 | |
| 26 | Mount Holyoke College | 12600 | 89900 | 0.8599 | 2,135 | 1419 | 0.3841 | |
| 27 | Houston City College | 12700 | 18900 | 0.3281 | 59,451 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | Louisiana Tech University | 12700 | 42900 | 0.7038 | 11,071 | 1189 | 0.9073 | |
| 29 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 13000 | 29300 | 0.5563 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 30 | University of Delaware | 13400 | 34500 | 0.6119 | 19,287 | 1302 | 0.6924 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7774 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 13700 | 35000 | 0.6081 | 18,667 | 1090 | 0.9711 | |
| 33 | Utah State University | 13800 | 20800 | 0.3369 | 26,629 | 1168 | 0.9212 | |
| 34 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 14400 | 31000 | 0.5361 | 13,432 | 1225 | 0.8701 | |
| 35 | University of Memphis | 14600 | 26400 | 0.4478 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 36 | University of North Alabama | 14800 | 37300 | 0.6033 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 37 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 15000 | 29900 | 0.4999 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 38 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15100 | 54900 | 0.7247 | 4,313 | 0 | 0 | |
| 39 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15400 | 54400 | 0.7174 | 15,735 | 1069 | 0.8797 | |
| 40 | University of Kansas | 16000 | 34900 | 0.541 | 22,544 | 1176 | 0.9258 | |
| 41 | Keene State College | 16400 | 51400 | 0.6816 | 2,640 | 1064 | 0.8982 | |
| 42 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 16700 | 22300 | 0.2509 | 26,213 | 1209 | 0.7778 | |
| 43 | Bennington College | 16800 | 89500 | 0.8125 | 708 | 1402 | 0.3721 | |
| 44 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 16900 | 41200 | 0.5905 | 25,312 | 1134 | 0.7395 | |
| 44 | Morgan State University | 16900 | 30700 | 0.449 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 46 | Georgia Southern University | 17100 | 20100 | 0.1489 | 25,595 | 1045 | 0.695 | |
| 47 | Prairie View A & M University | 17200 | 25400 | 0.3233 | 9,022 | 960 | 0.7836 | |
| 48 | University of Houston | 17400 | 28400 | 0.3878 | 40,366 | 1224 | 0.7577 | |
| 49 | Barnard College | 17500 | 99700 | 0.8241 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 50 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 17700 | 28200 | 0.3727 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 50 | Yale University | 17700 | 278600 | 0.9365 | 6,667 | 1507 | 0.0475 | |
| 52 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 17900 | 47900 | 0.6257 | 21,028 | 1450 | 0.1334 | |
| 52 | University of Kentucky | 17900 | 36500 | 0.509 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 54 | California State University-Sacramento | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3472 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 55 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 18300 | 37500 | 0.512 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 56 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 18400 | 30600 | 0.3971 | 38,463 | 1324 | 0.7589 | |
| 57 | Connecticut College | 18900 | 93000 | 0.7965 | 1,953 | 1284 | 0.3923 | |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Austin | 18900 | 28200 | 0.3283 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 59 | University of Rhode Island | 19000 | 33900 | 0.4396 | 14,466 | 1197 | 0.7456 | |
| 60 | La Roche University | 19100 | 87300 | 0.7814 | 1,972 | 990 | 0.6638 | |
| 61 | Lehigh University | 19200 | 89800 | 0.7863 | 5,986 | 1436 | 0.2896 | |
| 61 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 79300 | 0.7585 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 63 | Norwich University | 19500 | 100600 | 0.8065 | 2,626 | 1186 | 0.7444 | |
| 64 | South Dakota State University | 20200 | 25200 | 0.2009 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 64 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 20200 | 55300 | 0.6345 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 66 | Syracuse University | 20300 | 83600 | 0.7572 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 67 | University of Southern California | 20400 | 76400 | 0.7334 | 20,768 | 1499 | 0.1119 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2262 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 68 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 20500 | 60700 | 0.6622 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 70 | North Dakota State University | 20600 | 25700 | 0.2008 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 71 | University of New Orleans | 21200 | 30000 | 0.2929 | 5,419 | 1040 | 0.7431 | |
| 72 | Mount Mary University | 22100 | 57200 | 0.6134 | 616 | 1069 | 0.831 | |
| 73 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 22200 | 27900 | 0.2034 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 74 | Marywood University | 22400 | 93800 | 0.7612 | 1,936 | 1144 | 0.7878 | |
| 74 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 22400 | 80400 | 0.7211 | 17,848 | 1470 | 0.1565 | |
| 76 | Tufts University | 22500 | 99000 | 0.7728 | 7,031 | 1497 | 0.1082 | |
| 77 | University of Florida | 22600 | 42800 | 0.4725 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 78 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 22700 | 34200 | 0.3366 | 15,273 | 1115 | 0.8089 | |
| 79 | University of Southern Mississippi | 22800 | 23100 | 0.013 | 10,371 | 1181 | 0.926 | |
| 80 | SUNY Maritime College | 23100 | 59200 | 0.6101 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 81 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23500 | 36100 | 0.3487 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 82 | Judson University | 24000 | 49100 | 0.5122 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 24100 | 34500 | 0.3017 | 10,396 | 1125 | 0.7162 | |
| 84 | Temple University | 25300 | 36100 | 0.2994 | 21,031 | 1172 | 0.8622 | |
| 85 | Delaware Valley University | 25700 | 95800 | 0.7318 | 1,680 | 1189 | 0.9268 | |
| 85 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 25700 | 32900 | 0.2207 | 19,787 | 1197 | 0.8807 | |
| 87 | University of Arkansas | 26000 | 28500 | 0.0899 | 29,252 | 1179 | 0.7388 | |
| 88 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 26500 | 26500 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 90 | Drury University | 26900 | 54500 | 0.5063 | 1,453 | 1209 | 0.6575 | |
| 91 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 27000 | 88300 | 0.6941 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 92 | University of Georgia | 27200 | 27200 | 0 | 32,824 | 1348 | 0.3425 | |
| 93 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 27500 | 43800 | 0.3725 | 18,028 | 1059 | 0.7996 | |
| 94 | Iowa State University | 27700 | 45200 | 0.3885 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 95 | University of Connecticut | 29100 | 55500 | 0.4755 | 20,056 | 1329 | 0.5239 | |
| 96 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 29200 | 43100 | 0.3227 | 22,313 | 1341 | 0.2996 | |
| 97 | Thomas Jefferson University | 30300 | 70000 | 0.5678 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 98 | Lawrence Technological University | 30500 | 99100 | 0.6926 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 98 | Texas Tech University | 30500 | 41000 | 0.2563 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 100 | Ithaca College | 30800 | 72600 | 0.5754 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 101 | Kent State University at Kent | 30900 | 37500 | 0.1751 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 102 | University of Central Florida | 31700 | 42800 | 0.2593 | 60,083 | 1289 | 0.428 | |
| 103 | Anderson University | 32100 | 54700 | 0.4134 | 3,724 | 1209 | 0.5491 | |
| 104 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 32300 | 54400 | 0.4062 | 35,248 | 1289 | 0.6939 | |
| 105 | North Carolina State University | 32400 | 54800 | 0.4083 | 29,340 | 1374 | 0.3954 | |
| 106 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 33400 | 38200 | 0.1273 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 107 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 34100 | 61800 | 0.4491 | 838 | 1143 | 0.6054 | |
| 108 | University of Idaho | 34500 | 48700 | 0.2916 | 9,656 | 1104 | 0.7476 | |
| 109 | Chatham University | 34800 | 63900 | 0.4557 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 109 | Samford University | 34800 | 93800 | 0.6291 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 111 | Auburn University | 35000 | 35000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 112 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35200 | 35200 | 0 | 32,041 | 1324 | 0.4358 | |
| 113 | North Carolina A & T State University | 36500 | 36700 | 0.0054 | 12,497 | 1075 | 0.5125 | |
| 114 | Kean University | 36700 | 44900 | 0.1827 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 115 | Andrews University | 37100 | 76700 | 0.5161 | 1,384 | 1143 | 0.8185 | |
| 116 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 52500 | 0.2855 | 2,404 | 1241 | 0.9812 | |
| 117 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66700 | 0.4304 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 118 | Maine Maritime Academy | 38200 | 53000 | 0.2793 | 977 | 1189 | 0.9615 | |
| 119 | Mississippi State University | 38900 | 53400 | 0.2726 | 19,093 | 1205 | 0.8363 | |
| 120 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 39900 | 59200 | 0.3258 | 5,986 | 1110 | 0.8916 | |
| 121 | Drexel University | 40100 | 86400 | 0.5362 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 122 | University of California-Los Angeles | 40400 | 81800 | 0.5061 | 33,534 | 1399 | 0.0941 | |
| 123 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 40900 | 58700 | 0.3035 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 124 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 42200 | 55300 | 0.2371 | 21,388 | 1369 | 0.5945 | |
| 125 | University of Arizona | 42500 | 48600 | 0.1254 | 43,294 | 1186 | 0.8351 | |
| 126 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 42900 | 88100 | 0.5129 | 35,358 | 1448 | 0.1642 | |
| 127 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43300 | 58500 | 0.2596 | 31,875 | 1456 | 0.4503 | |
| 128 | University at Buffalo | 46400 | 46400 | 0 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 129 | Otis College of Art and Design | 46600 | 79800 | 0.4158 | 1,188 | 1335 | 0.8034 | |
| 130 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 47200 | 61500 | 0.2335 | 37,985 | 1390 | 0.5815 | |
| 131 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48200 | 51200 | 0.0598 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 132 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 49200 | 58800 | 0.1628 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 133 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 49500 | 67600 | 0.2678 | 40,996 | 1399 | 0.4175 | |
| 134 | University of San Francisco | 51000 | 87200 | 0.4152 | 5,171 | 1333 | 0.7176 | |
| 135 | University of California-Berkeley | 52200 | 76600 | 0.3185 | 33,513 | 1407 | 0.1145 | |
| 136 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 52600 | 86300 | 0.3905 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 137 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 53400 | 96100 | 0.4442 | 6,839 | 1469 | 0.1446 | |
| 137 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 53400 | 63400 | 0.1578 | 24,019 | 1404 | 0.5989 | |
| 139 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55200 | 70900 | 0.221 | 32,244 | 1351 | 0.7809 | |
| 140 | Miami University-Oxford | 57400 | 57400 | 0 | 16,405 | 1284 | 0.74 | |
| 141 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 58100 | 71200 | 0.1836 | 1,192 | 1232 | 0.7681 | |
| 142 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 58400 | 63600 | 0.0818 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 143 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 58600 | 61200 | 0.0419 | 26,490 | 1183 | 0.8863 | |
| 144 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 58700 | 62100 | 0.0548 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 145 | Howard University | 60000 | 88500 | 0.3222 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 146 | Clemson University | 61100 | 63700 | 0.0403 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 147 | Webb Institute | 61200 | 74800 | 0.1819 | 104 | 1465 | 0.2484 | |
| 148 | University of California-Davis | 67900 | 69900 | 0.0286 | 31,695 | 1290 | 0.4435 | |
| 149 | University of Oregon | 68700 | 71300 | 0.036 | 20,710 | 1193 | 0.8742 | |
| 150 | The Catholic University of America | 82500 | 82500 | 0 | 3,294 | 1229 | 0.7328 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.